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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright draws his ‘dream’ BP, gets to face rookie Reyes — JUPITER, Fla. • While Alex Reyes took his warmup tosses for yet another round of batting practice against yet another group of hitters on yet another day of rehab, Kolten Wong stretched and watched and suggested …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' Flaherty gets another crack at Machado — JUPITER, Fla. • Righthander Jack Flaherty will make what might be his last start of the spring for the Cardinals on Thursday against a Baltimore team he handled for two innings a couple of weeks ago in Sarasota before allowing a grand slam …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' bullpen dominates Houston — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. • Starter Adam Wainwright was impressive enough for the Cardinals on Wednesday. The four pitchers who succeeded him virtually were unhittable. — Piggy-backing five scoreless innings by five relievers on Tuesday …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge avoids tamper trouble from MLB after pitching Manny Machado on joining Yankees — SARASOTA, Fla. — This Baby Bomber just threw a tamper tantrum. — Manny Machado won't be a free agent until the offseason, but Aaron Judge is already making his pitch to the All-Star shortstop on why he should join the Yankees.
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Baseball Prospectus and The Comeback
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge says he's not going to be a one-hit wonder, according to Brett Gardner — TAMPA — A motivated Aaron Judge isn't interested in becoming the next Kevin Maas. — Brett Gardner revealed on CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco's “R2C2” Players' Tribune podcast that during a hill run …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge gets call from Brian Cashman after recruiting pitch to Manny Machado
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees' Aaron Judge tells O's Manny Machado: 'You'd look good in pinstripes'
Yankees' Aaron Judge tells O's Manny Machado: 'You'd look good in pinstripes'
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Camden Chat, NESN.com, New York Daily News and Pinstripe Alley
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Aaron Judge to Manny Machado: 'You'd look pretty good in pinstripes, too'
Aaron Judge to Manny Machado: 'You'd look pretty good in pinstripes, too'
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Halos Heaven
Rotoworld.com:
ST Daily: He's Braun Fire — Follow @Crawford_MILB and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. — The Brewers made two of the biggest moves of the offseason to improve their lineup in 2018; signing Lorenzo Cain to a five-year deal and trading for former Marlin Christian Yelich to give Milwaukee …
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Maria Torres / Kansas City Star:
Royals 7, Cubs 6: Frank Schwindel's big day helps KC complete rally — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — With late help from non-roster invitees, the Royals scored twice in the seventh inning and overcame an early deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in front of an announced crowd of 10,213 fans at Surprise Stadium.
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Royals Review and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Associated Press:
Actor Jim Caviezel stands in for Royals coach Dale Sveum in photo — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Actor Jim Caviezel has played Jesus and golfer Bobby Jones on the big screen. On Wednesday, he portrayed Kansas City Royals bench coach Dale Sveum. — Sveum had a medical appointment for his stiff neck …
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Daily Mail and MLB Baseball News …
Steve Greenberg / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs' Kris Bryant wants to walk more, whiff less; says, ‘I want to be great’
Cubs' Kris Bryant wants to walk more, whiff less; says, ‘I want to be great’
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs and Tunney at odds again - this time over tent shielding player parking lot
Cubs and Tunney at odds again - this time over tent shielding player parking lot
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds hire former Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell to scout the Cincinnati Reds — GOODYEAR, Ariz. - The Reds hired former Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell as a scout. — His first job: Scout the Reds. — “We hired Curt Young last year to do a similar job …
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Jim Rice / Greenville News:
Greenville Drive games that go into extra innings may have less ‘extra’ in 2018 — As the extra innings piled up during a mid-April game at Fluor Field last season, Greenville Drive manager Darren Fenster remembers sidling up to pitching coach Walter Miranda.
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Sporting News, NPR and Bless You Boys
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James Andrew Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
John Skipper Details His ESPN Exit and a Cocaine Extortion Plot — The former network chief goes public in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the real reason behind his abrupt departure from Disney after 27 years, a confession to Bob Iger and his hope to work in sports media again.
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The Week, USA Today, ProFootballTalk, The Big Lead, CBS Boston, HotNewHipHop.com and NESN.com
Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Dwight Gooden says Mets have best pitching staff in baseball ... if healthy — PORT ST. LUCIE - While the rest of the baseball cognoscenti may put the pitching rotations of the World Series champion Astros or Red Sox at the top of talent heap, Dwight Gooden says don't rule out the Mets' still-young group of fireballers.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Cubs no longer have to worry about World Series hangover
Column: Cubs no longer have to worry about World Series hangover
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Albert Almora Jr. to bat leadoff for Cubs vs. Diamondbacks — Chicago Tribune — With opening day two weeks away, expect Cubs manager Joe Maddon to take a closer look at potential lineups. — Albert Almora Jr. will bat leadoff Thursday against Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray in a 3:05 p.m. game at Sloan Park.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Paul Shapiro / New York Daily News:
Fantasy Baseball: Players in new places for the 2018 MLB season — ALL NEW FOR 2018! We've introduced a new Slack Channel where you can access all your favorite RotoExperts to ask questions, discuss Fantasy Baseball, and get timely advice. Plus, you can chat with the entire population of RotoXNation …
Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
One of the Marlins' remaining trade chips will open season on disabled list — Martin Prado suffered a setback in his rehab from knee surgery — With Opening Day two weeks away, the Miami Marlins received some bad news about one of the few remaining veterans on their roster.
Discussion:
Fish Stripes and MLB Trade Rumors
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Stroman set to make spring debut for Blue Jays — FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Stro Show, 2018 edition, is about to make it's premiere. — Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker told Postmedia on Thursday that the team's top pitcher from last season will make his first appearance of the spring …